An audiologist is testing a patient to determine the softest sound of a specific frequency that the
patient reports hearing. She begins with a 10 decibel (dB) sound for trial 1, then increases the
volume by 2 dB for each trial after that. If the patient can hear all sounds of that frequency that
have a volume louder than 26 dB, and t represents the trial numbers that the patient can hear,
which of the following inequalities best models the situation described above?